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Ad Week: Bret Easton Ellis Directed a Delightfully Debauched Film for the Paris Opera

It’s hard to make ‘high art’ like opera feel relevant to a younger, more mobile audience. But that hasn’t stopped the Opera of Paris from trying. Last year it launched 3e Scène (Third Stage), an online destination dedicated to artistic experimentation.

Its latest creation for that platform is Figaro, directed by none other than Bret Easton Ellis—still probably best known for giving us American Psycho. Set to music from The Barber of Seville, actor Philip Rhys plays a painstakingly dressed and pomaded opera singer, who comes to the studio to audition or rehearse … only to find he’s lost his voice.